Published on 12, July, 2020
II had mine done a few months ago and it was really interesting, I'm 88% southern English with a smattering of European and 8% Iberian. To have such a high percentage in one area is quite unusual, if true, I dont' know where the Iberian link comes in, I can't see anything in the ancestors I've already traced that would suggest Iberian ancestry. 8% would mean that it's a fairly recent addition grand parents or great grandparents and they all came from southern England, more specifically Kent, Sussex and Berkshire.
My Mum had hers done and she's real mix of British, Scandinavian, Welsh and European but no Iberian, so if it's true that I have some Iberian ancestry then it dosen't come from her, we know her Welsh connection, thats her great grandad, but she's only got 4% Welsh, so you can see my quandary with 8% Iberian?
I might get it done again, with a different company and get my haplotypes done too, I think it would be really fascinating to know my deep ancestry, when my people came to Europe and by what route, are they fairly recent, or have they been here since the end of the Ice Age?
I’ve never done ancestral DNA test, but I know that I’m a mix of polish, Ukrainian, a bit German and I also have some non European (west Asian) ancestor. Often people ask me if I’m Russian or Russians talk to me in their language straight away without asking if I speak Russian (I do)
Alienatedhuman said: a bit German
You have an interesting heritage.
I had no idea about my 20% German/French but sadly no one to ask about it ..
Strangely, I am basically a mix of English and Irish, when I have been in mixed groups of Brits and Greeks (my workplace had lots of Greek students), Greeks have automatically spoken to me in Greek, assuming that I was Greek. A Turkish friend once told me that I look Turkish. On holiday in Paris I have been asked for directions, twice, in French by native French people. All I can take from this, is that I do not look like a typical inhabitant of the British Isles.